Twilight eShisha pen
Quite good looking Model: Disposable electronic shisha
Country of origin: China
Company based: London, England
Power: single lithium rechargable cell (unknown capacity)
Coil: Silica style wicking coil
Price: 99p each
Source: Ebay seller
Im going to make this review as brief as I possibly can. This product doesnt really deserve my time in all honesty as its absolutely shite.
Where do I start with this one?
Well, apparently the Twilight eShisha pen is supposed to be a good quality cig-a-like containing no nicotine, no tar, no carcinogens and no odour. Well I can add that it also contains little to no flavour. No the stated flavour on the box that is.
Both of the flavours I tried were way off the mark in terms of what they should have tasted like.
They dont contain anything...including flavour!
These fancy looking shisha pens are what I imagine were sold in arty farty hippy craft shops. You certainly wouldnt find these in the local corner shop or petrol station thats for sure. They look quite premium I guess?
I tried two different flavours of Twilight shisha pen.
The red coloured 'Strawberry Shajah' and the blue coloured 'Blueberry Breeze'
Both of the shisha pens tasted nothing like their stated flavours instead tasting like the rubber bung which sits in the mouth tip mixed with the taste of silica wicking material......with a slight hint of chemical fruit flavouring. Not very nice at all it has to be said.
Twilight eShite
These pens work by pressing a tiny micro switch located in the middle of the pen. A coloured LED light glows at the end of the ecig and a small amount of vapour is generated when you take an inhale.
Really simple (and old) technology.
Allegedly they are meant to last a full 600 puffs each but im afraid this is a load of crap.
In truth they lasted for about 50-70 puffs before dying a slow death and fading away. It was all over too soon.....
Feeling a little angry/disappointed by this I thought I might take one apart and see exactly what was going on inside.
Unsurprisingly I found a cheap PCB with a microswitch fire button and a small resistor onboard. This was connected at one end to the coil/wick arrangement whilst the other side of the PCB was connected to what looks like a small rechargable lithium cell. Simple and cheap (of course, what did I expect?)
It uses a very basic single piece of resistance wire passed around a few strands of silica wick. The flavouring impregnated cotton swab is then wrapped around thhe whole thing and then its stuffed down the aluminium tubing - looking something akin to a school project.
This little battery could be recharged.....
I said I would make this brief and I think I have kept to my word.
One last thing though.... The battery... what a waste! A fully rechargable cell made to be disposable and chucked in the bin when it runs out. Not only is that environmentally unfriendly, its just silly.
The company could have added a micro USB port and made the cartomiser section refillable, at least then I could have added my own eliquid and reused the pen as a shealth vape device.
After all, they dont actually look that bad from the outside!
Rating: ✅😖 1 out of 5
This has to be the worst cig-a-like I have ever had the misfortune to take a toke on. It tastes of rubber and wick, the battery lasts about ten minutes and at 99p each they are seriously over priced IMO. The company behind these was dissolved back in 2014 and if this is an example of the quality of their products then Im not surprised they did! absolute crap!